Chapter 7

Shen Cheng ignored him.

“Let me go on a blind date with you? Forget it, I’m afraid people will fall for me instead of you.”

Shen Cheng’s eyes held a playful glint, the corner of his eye slightly lifted, and the teardrop mole seemed to shimmer with a seductive aura.

His low voice was magnetic and husky, quite alluring.

Jiang Pengyu dramatically gasped, clutching his chest: “You’re so shameless.”

But he hadn’t been home in a long time.

If he didn’t go back soon, he would be in trouble.

He had saved up some leave, and Jiang Pengyu figured it was time to file a report and apply for leave to visit his family.

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The next day, Jiang Nianzi got up early.

After yesterday’s reminder from the woman, Jiang Nianzi realized that if she wanted to attract more customers, her own image was paramount.

Although she didn’t have money to make whitening cream yet, she could start with sunscreen.

She had good features, she was beautiful and bright, if she was fair, she would be a living advertisement.

So early in the morning, Jiang Nianzi didn’t do anything else, she just sewed a sun hat and a sun mask.

They only had coarse cloth at home, she could only make do for now.

Ding Hongmei and Jiang Cheng, who got up even earlier than her, had already gone to work.

Jiang Doudou was also taken away.

Finally, after sewing a perfect sun hat and sun mask, Jiang Nianzi smiled with satisfaction.

Both the hat and the mask had curtains that could perfectly cover her neck from front to back.

Physical sun protection was arguably the most effective form of sun protection.

As she walked to the village entrance, she happened to meet Liu Shenshen, the aunt who had called her a money-losing item.

Liu Shenshen had smelled the aroma of meat from her house yesterday.

Recognizing Jiang Nianzi, Liu Shenshen said sarcastically: “Oh, Nianzi, going out?”

Jiang Nianzi politely nodded: “Yes, I’m going to town to see patients.”

Everyone in the village knew that Jiang Nianzi had learned medicine from the old lady. Liu Shenshen remembered that she had just returned from outside yesterday, and then the Jiang family was filled with the aroma of meat.

She said with a sour tone: “Oh, so you’re seeing patients, no wonder you had meat to eat yesterday, did the patients send it?”

With that sour tone, Jiang Nianzi deliberately annoyed her: “Seeing patients, the patient sent me two pounds of fatty pork as a thank you. Auntie, you don’t know, this patient is really… too polite, I said I didn’t want it, but she insisted on sending it to me. I couldn’t bear to make her feel bad, so I had to take it. Sigh…”

Two pounds of fatty pork!

And it was forcefully given to her.

Liu Shenshen’s eyes turned red with envy.

Why couldn’t she have such good fortune?

Well, because her family didn’t have any doctors.

Liu Shenshen was both envious and greedy, it was two whole pounds of fatty pork.

Just thinking about the aroma, Liu Shenshen was tempted to swallow her saliva.

She was dying of jealousy, but she couldn’t hold back her words.

“Nianzi, it’s not that Auntie is trying to say anything, you’re already 18 years old, and it’s time for you to find a husband. It’s not a good idea to keep dragging it out like this. Girls should plan for their own future, don’t let yourself get too old, then you won’t be able to marry later.”

After saying this, Liu Shenshen felt a little better, so what if she could see patients?

Wasn’t she still a girl?

A money-losing item wasn’t as good as her two sons.

Only Ding Hongmei treated her like a treasure.

Liu Shenshen felt more and more smug.

Jiang Nianzi was a master at infuriating people: “It’s okay, Auntie, if I don’t get married, I won’t. Anyway, I’m working at the clinic now, I earn at least thirty yuan a month. When I make money, I’ll save it for my mom to help with the family expenses. My brother will get married, and I can also save money for him. That way, my sister-in-law won’t look down on me for staying at home.”

Jiang Nianzi didn’t have that kind of thinking, but Liu Shenshen did.

She thought Jiang Nianzi was a money-losing item, and she deliberately told her that she was happy to earn money for the family.

Magic defeats magic, that’s probably what it was.

Liu Shenshen took it to heart, she almost died of envy.

This girl’s awareness was infuriating!

Thirty yuan!

With that much money coming in every month, Liu Shenshen counted on her fingers, her head spinning.

Why didn’t she give birth to such a sensible daughter?

It was such a shame that Ding Hongmei, that shrew, got her.

Having successfully made someone die of envy, Jiang Nianzi happily walked away.

By the time Liu Shenshen came to her senses, she couldn’t even see Jiang Nianzi’s back.

When she arrived at the clinic in town, Jiang Nianzi found that the woman from yesterday was in the shop, crying to Zhang Grandpa.

What was going on?

Jiang Nianzi walked over.

Zhao Fanghu saw her and immediately pointed at her and said: “You dare to come, look at what you’ve done to my face!”

She sounded fierce, but the girl was shedding tears while accusing her.

“What’s wrong?” Jiang Nianzi saw that her face was covered with a cloth, and asked her in confusion.

Zhang Grandpa had just started talking to Zhao Fanghu, he didn’t know what was going on, hearing Jiang Nianzi’s question, and he subconsciously looked at her.

“You dare ask?” Zhao Fanghu ripped the cloth off her face: “Yesterday, I did as you instructed, I put this whitening cream on my face, and this morning, I broke out with so many pimples.”

So it was just pimples.

Jiang Nianzi’s tone was calm, her voice gentle: “Everyone’s constitution is different, don’t worry, these pimples are a detoxification process, they should clear up in a week at most, and your skin will become smoother after detoxification. Just don’t scratch.”

Her voice was very pleasant, soft and melodious, like a mountain spring.

And she was very calm and composed, as if she was very confident about this.

Women all love beauty, overnight, so many pimples suddenly appeared on her face, and with her wedding approaching, Zhao Fanghu was naturally very panicked.

Now hearing her say that it was okay, her heart seemed to settle back in her stomach.

But she was still a little worried: “What if they don’t go away?”

“I can guarantee they will go away, but since you’re so worried, I have a plan…”

“What plan?” Zhao Fanghu immediately asked.

“I’ll give you acupuncture to speed up detoxification, that way, it should clear up in three days at most.”

Zhao Fanghu didn’t want to see these pimples on her face for even a day.

Hearing that she had a way to speed up detoxification, Zhao Fanghu immediately chose this option.

“Okay, then I’ll get acupuncture.”

The old man didn’t say anything the whole time, seeing Jiang Nianzi calmly and orderly facing the patient’s questioning, not rushing or slowing down, he felt a bit of admiration.

She was a good prospect, she was calm in the face of adversity. Her junior sister said that this girl’s medical skills were even better than hers, she could understand many things just by reading books.

When Jiang Nianzi was giving Zhao Fanghu acupuncture, the old man was standing beside her.

He saw that Jiang Nianzi didn’t even need to look closely, those silver needles were like blooming flowers in her hands, precisely and quickly inserted into the various acupoints.

This made Zhang Grandpa very surprised.

Even he didn’t have such good technique.

Acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine is vast and profound, it’s not just about hitting the acupoints.

Different techniques produce vastly different effects.

Zhao Fanghu was most afraid of acupuncture before, but she found that when Jiang Nianzi did it, she didn’t feel any pain at all.

The needle tips vibrated, with a slight tingling sensation, which made Zhao Fanghu feel comfortable.

It has to be said that after the acupuncture, Zhao Fanghu felt much lighter.

This made her even more confident that her skin would become better.

She apologized to Jiang Nianzi with embarrassment, and then hurried home.

After the woman left, the old man came over and asked Jiang Nianzi with a smile: “Girl, your acupuncture skills are pretty good, did your grandma teach you?”

He knew his junior sister well.

Her skills were just so-so, at most she could treat a common cold.

Jiang Nianzi couldn’t say that she learned from the authoritative traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in her previous life.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Nianzi explained: “Grandma didn’t teach me, Grandma only taught me to recognize acupoints. I had some ideas, and once I met an old traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and exchanged a few words with him, he gave me some guidance a few times, so I often practiced on myself, and I know it’s effective.”

So that’s how it was.

The old man believed her.

But this explanation made him even more certain that this girl was exceptionally talented.

The old man pondered, perhaps he could take her to his old customer’s house to try.

He wasn’t in a hurry to tell her yet.

He just said: “Zizi, haven’t you had breakfast yet? Here, take two dimes, go buy two buns at the shop across the street.”

Jiang Nianzi hadn’t eaten breakfast, and she didn’t stand on ceremony with the old man.

She could repay the old man better in the future, she had time for that.

So Jiang Nianzi just thanked him and took the old man’s money.

Two dimes could buy two buns.

Jiang Nianzi hurried over to buy buns, there were two female customers in the shop, also buying buns.

The two women were discussing making clothes.

The fat woman said to the thin woman: “Look at my clothes, aren’t they pretty? Brand new, made by the new tailor shop that opened.”

The thin woman said excitedly: “They’re beautiful, I want to make one too.”

Jiang Nianzi subconsciously glanced at them.

She had always struggled with the fashion of this era.

Because in her eyes, they were all ugly.

But the thin woman was very excited about them.

This gave Jiang Nianzi a sudden business opportunity.

Maybe.

She could make money in more ways.

She was very fortunate that she came to 1980, not earlier.

Because this era was already very liberated.

After buying the buns and going back, there were a few patients in the shop.

But they were all just ordinary colds and fevers, these minor problems were nothing to Jiang Nianzi.

When Jiang Nianzi was dispensing medicine, the old man was watching from the side.

After the patient left, the old man asked: “This prescription, did you come up with it yourself, combining medical principles and the properties of the herbs?”

These prescriptions were indeed researched by Jiang Nianzi herself.

Traditional Chinese medicine has always had a problem that people criticize, it’s slow to take effect.

In her previous life, Jiang Nianzi published a paper on this issue and won the highest award in the field of traditional Chinese medicine.

Hearing the old man’s question, she thought for a moment and said: “Yes, I researched it myself. I looked at the prescriptions Grandma gave to patients, and I always felt that the effects weren’t that good, so I started to research prescriptions myself.”

The old man pondered for a moment, then smiled: “Next week, you come with me to visit an old customer.”

His junior sister had said to let this girl learn from him, but after only two days, he had learned a lot from this girl.

This girl’s medical skills were probably much, much higher than his.

Jiang Nianzi naturally agreed to the old man’s request.

The next day, the patients who had come to see the doctor the day before, came to the old man and said: “Oh, old man, your apprentice is amazing! My throat was so sore yesterday, it felt like it was cut by a knife. I thought it would take at least three or four days to get better, but I drank the medicine your apprentice prescribed twice yesterday, and I’m better today.”

One person saying that might be a coincidence.

But then, several other patients said that their colds, which were minor, were cured by Jiang Nianzi in an instant.

This shocked the old man.

He had looked at the prescription at the time, and he had only noticed the benefits of those herbs being combined together.

But he didn’t expect the effect to be so good.